Did you see this story? Karen x To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war - Winston Churchill Giant egg is three in one It is too late for April fool, but Freda...
I have just recieve this from the Soil Association. I believe it is important to all of usso i am passing it on; Dear Friend Decisions will be made in the...
With the kind permission of the author, I thought I would forward this as I personally found it fascinating! Bound to cause controversy ;-) Regards Karen ... ...
Denise Not sure if you have now moved - hope you have/had a happy move! I called Ch 4 and was informed that they have not commissioned a new series - *sob*...
*HELP* Does anybody here know if I can successfully transplant my potato plants - they are about a foot high now. I'm a novice veggie grower and I have a...
Have you checked out Ruralscene recently, oh and Farmer's Weekly, Farmsearch etc.? Sometimes Dalton's weekly. Are you the chap who is in IT currently living...
Just do it Karen, dig as much soil as you can & they won't be any worse the wear unless they are in bloom ! Lily [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I was talking with my neighbour tonight and I was telling him that I was looking for some shears for the allotment. He said that the charity (Tools for Self...
Yes I did and have earthed up around the haulms - they seem okay. Thanks Lily Karen "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It is because...
Contact the council & ask if they have composting schemes going. If so, it will be for green waste processing. Horse manure would be a wonderful edition to...
NO! I'm here too! Niobe, UK, wannabe, willbe!, smallholder. Looking at wwoofing for a while to build expertise and investigate locations. Possibly interested...
My situation is that I live in the New Forest and have no hope of affording a smallholding around here – unfortunately. Although I have been chatting with a...
Oops should have read “build a small house” not buy! D’oh! Regards Karen I have learned from Nature that dependence on unnatural beliefs weakens us in...
Forwarded with permission from author. Bit scary! Karen x I have learned from Nature that dependence on unnatural beliefs weakens us in the struggle and...
Thought this was an interesting website: http://www.soilsoup.com/home.asp Anybody made some? I found when I was checking out blight resolutions – compost...
... Hi Karen and everybody else out there. No you are not alone, we have recently joined the group and look forward to utilising the experience of those in the...
Hi Kevin & Gyan, that must be interesting out there, good practice! How do you cope with the weather? I live in south west France & we have temps of 30° + at...
... How do ... temps of 30° + ... about your ... Hi Lily, You 're right its very hot in summer with temps in the lower 40's, at the moment though it's around...
Well, that has opened my eyes, what you can do in heat, it's around 33° here today, so all gardening has to be done early in the morning & any animals to be...
Hi All, An interesting one here! I had posted on another group about the very sad death of my neighbour farmer's bull a few days ago and how my dogs went quiet...
I know that not all of us have smallholdings, any allotment holders interested? Forwarded with permission from author. Regards Karen ... From: Richard...
One thing that has been know to tip the balance for councels it if it can be demonstrated that the is a need to watch the site against poaching, theft etc. ...
